The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is preparing to award life member status to three members, and the status of fellow to three other members at its Annual Governance and House of Delegates meeting in June.
The life member awards will be given to the following members:
- Michael DelVecchio is the clinical director for the department of radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. DelVecchio has been an ASRT member for 33 years and served on the board of directors from 1997 to 2002, including terms as president and chairman. He received his ASRT fellow status in 2012.
- The late Rebecca "Becky" Kruse, who joined the ASRT in 1979, became a dedicated radiologic technologist and helped to lead changes for the better in the profession. In 1984, she led the change from a 17-member board to a seven-member board and the formation of an ASRT House of Delegates. She also was instrumental in creating the ASRT Educational and Research Foundation. Kruse retired in 2007 and passed away in May 2018.
- Donna Long is the director of health sciences education and radiography program director for Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital/Ball State University in Indianapolis. Long has been a registered radiologic technologist for more than 40 years and an ASRT member since 1978. She reached fellow status in 1994. She also held positions on the ASRT board of directors for nine years and served as president from 2012 to 2013 and chairman from 2013 to 2014.
The ASRT also plans to award fellow status to the following members:
- Julie Gill, PhD, is an allied health department chair, full professor, and program director of radiation science technology at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College in Ohio. A member of ASRT since 1997, Gill was elected to the board of directors as secretary/treasurer in 2010 and went on to become ASRT board president and chairman. She currently is on the board of directors for the Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences and is in her second term as president of the Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists.
- The late Jonathan Mazal, whose support for ASRT and the profession led to a number of awards and honors, led the development of the RAD-AID ASRT Foundation Radiologic Technologist Fellowship program, which recruits radiologic technologists from the U.S. and pairs them with multidisciplinary teams working on sustainable radiology projects in resource-poor communities around the world. Mazal received honorary fellow status in June 2018 after he passed away at age 37 on May 2018.
- Joseph Whitton is the radiography and medical imaging program director at Stony Brook University's School of Health Technology and Management in New York. He currently serves on the ASRT board of directors as vice speaker of the house. He successfully lobbied for the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill, which led to a leadership role in the ASRT where he has served as chairman of the Practice Standards Council and chairman of the Committee on Bylaws.
